Where does “Fahrtrichtung” come from?
Fahrtrichtung (German) comes from German Richtung, from German richten, from Middle High German richten, from Old High German rihten, from Proto-West Germanic rihtijan, from Proto-Germanic rihtijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Fahrtrichtung (German): driving direction
Definitions
- driving direction
Ancestry of “Fahrtrichtung”, step by step
Fahrtrichtung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Richtung
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Richtung | direction; route or way; departure |
| 2 | German | richten | to direct, to point; to fix, to rectify, to put... |
| 3 | Middle High German | richten | — |
| 4 | Old High German | rihten | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rihtijan | to straighten to set straight; to align, to... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rihtijaną | to straighten, to set straight; to align, to... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German fahrt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fahrt | inflection of fahren: ## second-person plural... |
| 2 | Middle High German | fart | — |
| 3 | Old High German | vart | trip; ride |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fardi | journey, voyage |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fardiz | journey, voyage |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |